Journalism Program - B.A.
Welcome!
The Journalism Program is part of the School of Communications within the College of Social Sciences.
The program is professionally oriented and develops students' critical thinking skills and ability to gather, analyze and organize information and to communicate it clearly and responsibly using multiple media platforms. These include print, broadcast, online and other new media.
Assignments in journalism courses contribute to knowledge and understanding of public, social and cultural institutions and issues. Journalism education stresses the importance of free and responsible news media to the maintenance of an informed citizenry and rights to self-governance in a democracy. The goal is to produce graduates with knowledge that will enable them to make useful contributions in their chosen fields.
Students are encouraged to work for campus media such as Ka Leo O Hawai‘i or KTUH-FM, and to participate in professional internships.
See neojourno, the Journalism Program's student website and Ka Hui Ho‘olauna, the Journalism Program's TV magazine show.
Undergraduate Study
Bachelor's Degree Requirements:
- Admissions to the major is granted after the candidate has completed JOUR 250: Media Writing with a B or better and has a 2.5 gpa. The prerequisite for JOUR 250 is ENG 100 with a C or better.
- 33 credit hours in Journalism courses, following a recommended sequence.
- All students enrolled in Journalism classes requiring off-campus assignments must sign a University of Hawai‘i Waiver Form— Assumption of Risk and Release.
Required Courses (for incoming students):
- JOUR 250 Media Writing
- JOUR 300 Reporting
- JOUR 320 Visual Journalism: Multimedia
- JOUR 330 Video Journalism
- JOUR 365 Communication & the Law
- JOUR 401 Journalism Projects/Production* (6 credits)
- JOUR 402 Media & Community (6 credits)
- JOUR 460 Media Ethics
- 3 credits of electives or internship (JOUR 485)
- *Note: ICS 101, 110 or 111 is a prerequisite for JOUR 401.
Required Courses (for students who have completed JOUR 301 and JOUR 302 in 2012-2013):
- JOUR 401 Journalism Projects/Production
- JOUR 402 Intellectual Foundations
- JOUR 365 Media and the Law
- JOUR 460 Media Ethics
- 3 credits of electives or internship (JOUR 485)